Today from the seattlepi.com archive, we share photos of the Denny Hill regrade – a process that removed a major downtown hill that few Northwest transplants know existed. The regrade started in 1898 …

Nickelback, king of bands for people who don’t really like music, is a no-no if you’re trying to strike up something amorous.

Don’t listen to Nickelback. Don’t talk about them. Don’t try to replicate the band members’ hairstyles. Just say away.

Nickelback was voted biggest musical turnoff by listeners of Tastebuds.fm, with 13 percent of survey respondents saying this is the band they’d most likely write a date off for liking. Next up on the list? Take a look.

It’s not every day that police are dispatched because a building-side advertisement appears to be in distress. But that’s what happened Tuesday in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.

Police and fire-department medics responded to 2nd Avenue and Virginia Street after a bystander reported a man was dangling lifelessly from the side of the building. Sure enough, there was a figure dressed in dark clothing hanging from a swing-like apparatus.

Seattle hates candy corn more than any other Halloween candy, according to a poll by Seattle Public Utilities.

While you’re puzzling over why the utilities agency is asking people about candy preferences, I’ll tell you the outcome of the poll.

The agency asked readers of its At Your Service blog to share their least favorite Halloween candy, and candy corn won with 20 percent of the vote. It’s not clear what other kinds of candy were nominated, but they’re clearly not as gross as candy corn.